Motocross: Ryan Dungey Sweeps Unadilla

Shan Moore | August 8, 2015
Ryan Dungey

Ryan Dungey topped the Unadilla round of the Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Series with a 1-1 moto score. Photography by Rob Koy

Ryan Dungey eared his fifth overall win of the season with a 1-1 effort at Unadilla Sports Complex in New Berlin, New York, topping another tough effort by Justin Barcia in the first moto and then holding off a hard-charging Ken Roczen in moto two.

BTOSports.com KTM’s Justin Brayton grabbed the holeshot to start the first moto, however, Dungey took the lead before the opening lap was finished and began putting distance on the pack right away, but the local crowd had plenty to cheer about when Justin Barcia moved into second before the end of the opening lap. The Autotrader.com/Toyota/Yamaha rider has been a thorn in Dungey’s side for the past few races, and the New York fans were hoping to see Barcia move up and push the Red Bull KTM rider for the lead.

Team Honda HRC’s Trey Canard, who made his return to racing at Washougal just two weeks ago after spending several months recovering from injury, moved close enough to give Barcia something to worry about at one point in the moto, but Barcia held his ground as Canard faded near the end and lost third to GEICO Honda’s Justin Bogle, who was making his 450 debut at Unadilla. The battle for third provided the most excitement of the moto, as Bogle gained the upper hand through the middle of the race. Canard was persistent and eventually reclaimed the position on Lap 11. Not long after, Bogle went down and eventually dropped to the tail end of the top 10.

Great Britain’s Shaun Simpson, hot off of sweeping last weekend’s MXGP at Lommel, was a solid fourth in the first moto, finishing three-and-a-half seconds ahead of Honda’s Fredrick Noren, who was fifth.

In the second moto, Bogle made waves again by grabbing the holeshot, but gave way to Dungey before the end of the opening lap, with Barcia again following into second. After a tough first moto, Roczen bounced back to put himself near the front of the field in third.

While Dungey cruised out front, RCH Soaring Eagle/Jimmy Johns/Suzuki Factory Racing’s Ken Roczen ran about about a second behind the leader, while Barcia ran in third for the remainder of the moto.

In the end, Dungey took a well-earned 1-1 overall win, with Barcia in second with a 2-3 moto finish and Canard taking the final step of the podium with a 3-6.

RESULTS
450 Class

1. Ryan Dungey (KTM) 1-1

2. Justin Barcia (Yam) 2-4

3. Trey Canard (Hon) 3-6

4. Shaun Simpson (KTM) 4-8

5. Ken Roczen (Suz) 16-2

6. Broc Tickle (Suz) 6-9

7. Weston Peick (Yam) 12-5

8. Blake Baggett (Suz) 13-7

9. Josh Grant (Kaw) 9-11

10. Dean Wilson (KTM) 11-10

 

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Shan Moore | Contributing Editor

Moore covers all facets of off-road racing for Cycle News – from AMA Supercross and Motocross to GNCC and National Hare Scrambles events.